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I planted the bulbs back in the late fall and placed the pot in our unheated, south-facing covered porch, aka "The Greenhouse." Fritillaria michailowski is a cold tolerant flower from Turkey that likes very well draining soil and sun. I opted to grow these in a pot rather than in the ground because I was concerned that they would be lost in our empty backyard given their diminutive size (about 4″). We seem to have inherited soil that is on the loamy side of sandy, which is a pretty excellent texture for bulb growing. If you've got heavier soil, I'd suggest going with pots.
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Q: You recently wrote that half of all cats are fat. Is that because they're indoors all the time? If so, shouldn't they at least spend some time outside; it seems beneficial for the exercise. -- G.C., Tulsa, OK
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-- Outdoors, cats spend 17 percent of their time hunting and traveling. Inside, they merely saunter over to the food bowl. I'm a proponent of feeding cats at set times (two to four times daily), and hiding about 5 percent to 10 percent of their daily food in food puzzles and toys scattered around the house. This allows even indoor cats to do some "hunting."
-- Interactive playtime with a fishing pole-type toy is very important for exercise, and can enhance the human/animal bond. Reasonably short (5- to 10-minute) play sessions are fine, plus a bit more for kittens. Also, rotate toys so they're more interesting.
--Another reason not to leave food out all day is that in multi-cat homes, there's no way to know which cat is getting the most food. Of course, cats are very adept at training us to become automatic food dispensers.
--In Europe, diet is also used as a tool to prevent obesity in spayed/neutered cats -- an idea I like. Royal Canin just launched a new line of spayed/neutered formulas in the U.S. This new food contains controlled fat levels and a unique blend of fibers to support the decreased energy and increased appetite of spayed/neutered cats. Cats on this diet won't be as predisposed to be overweight, and may not beg so much.
--Last year, nearly half of all cats didn't see a veterinarian. Weight gain in cats is gradual and therefore hard for most owners to observe. Also, there's an apparent perception issue of what is "normal weight." According the Banfield State Pet Health 2012 Report, the number of overweight/obese cats has increased 90 percent in past five years -- yet about 70 percent of cat owners with an overweight or obese cat believe their pet is just the right weight!
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I try to preempt every sticky situation I can think of when it comes to taking my kids out in public. A super short person, a super tall person, big, small, smelly, weird, different, what have you.
Taking kids out in public is totally like a box of chocolates. You never know what they're going to say.
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Well tonight was a quite successful dinner out at Red Robin. My kids didn't insult the waiter and only made TWO trips to the restroom (bathroom humor/saying something embarrassing is like 50 times as likely in a public restroom) (at least it is with my kids).
But at the end of the meal a family was seated in the booth nearby and the man had some generous white, scruffy facial hair. And before I could even put my hand over his mouth Gray STANDS UP in his seat and POINTS and says "Look Carter! Look at his BIG BEARD! BIG BEARD!"
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Big Beard that man didn't hear, but yeah, how could he have not.
And I wonder, he did HAVE a big beard and I doubt it was something he is embarrassed about, because he could shave it off if so, so maybe he LIKES the attention from having that big beard?
I still had a talk with Gray about the whole pointing and shining a huge spotlight on the guy type of thing. It will be fun when my kids learn to know the enjoyment of giving a compliment. Maybe someday Gray can go up someone like that and tell them he likes their big beard. (Because seriously he was delighted by it.) And it just might make that person's day.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Understanding My Terroir Part 1
"Oh little Jeannie, you got so much love, little Jeannie. And you take it where it strikes and give it to the likes of me. Oh little Jeannie, she got so much love, little Jeannie. So I see you when I can, you make me all a man can be" my six year old face stretched as I crooned along with Elton John to what I thought was the sweetest love song this side of Oh Mandy.
"Turn that off" my mother's jaw tight and eyes now slits where her big, blue eyes once were. I reached up and pushed the chunky rectangular button on the VW radio, settling on Kenny Loggins which I knew would please her. I let my back rest upon the warm and rubbery smelling seat wondering why she reacted so harshly every time that song came on…..
When we first moved to Long Beach to live in my mother's ex-husband's home, the big beautiful home full of cruel intentions and sad souls, I spent the majority of my time outside. Just rode up and down on the hill, the rubber wheels of my skates skidding when I would reach the bottom…the pounding of my heart and wheezing of my breath the soundtrack as I made the calf aching ride back to the top of the hill where I would stop, just long enough to catch my breath before kicking my feet out behind me and sailing my body down the hill once again. I craved the silence, the time away from puffed up but oh-so-sad hollowness of the kings of that castle. Coming from where I did, the roach infested, pancake house…well it seemed like a bastion of hope and honesty compared to that big…beautiful house.
As long as the sun was out or the street lights where on, I was out on the street and away from the sadness that seemed to encapsulate that home. Skates, Dolphin shorts and my freakish fetish for feeling the sun on my young flesh….out there I felt safe and was able to get my groove on, skate away the heaviness that weighed upon every spirit that crossed through that doorway. The young men that were coaxed there, promised a safe haven, a place to be who they were…the even sadder ones that clipped their hopes to the belt loop of a man that wanted nothing more than to take advantage of them. They came in, they had their 15 minutes of specialness and they were ushered out without fanfare. I knew what was happening, understood that my brother's father was preying on those lost souls but was powerless to help or warn them…so I skated.
One afternoon I was out skating and had to dodge the moving trucks that were lugging in the furniture of the folks that were to be our neighbors. I watched as they unloaded the plastic covered couch, held my feet like a giant U as I swung my hips back and forth, my feet separated like a ballerina…toes out and arches high, my body swaying back and forth as the movers unloaded the boxes. I was captivated. Each box holding a story, every black marker scrawled upon bit of cardboard holding some clue as to who was going to be living in the house that rested even higher on the hill than the one I resided in.
"Hi! I'm Neesie" long braided hair, long slinky but powerful body. My new neighbor, also on skates, rolling around the hill that had been my quiet place. She was a couple of years younger than I, her skin dark and perfect glistening in the sun, her smile so bright that I was sure that her home was not the same as mine. I was slightly irked by the perceived intrusion on my playground but I found hope in her smile and willingness to talk to me. Before long we looked like a set of salt and pepper shakers sailing down the hill together. We would skate and play all afternoon but the playtime always ended when a Volvo would pull onto our street and park in her steep driveway. "I gotta go, my dad is home!" she would yell over her shoulder as she skated or trotted away from me.
At first I thought this meant that "dad" was the killer of fun. Just some mean man that didn't want Neesie playing outside with the neighbor kid. I was afraid of him and I too would scamper off when that Volvo pulled onto the street, but one afternoon while playing in Nessie's room she jumped up and sounded the playtime is over bell, "Dad is home!"but this time she ended it with, "Come meet him" I was terrified as I made my way to the kitchen, my feet feeling like bricks as I lifted them, my stomach twisted and gurgling, my hands producing so much moisture that I had to wipe them on my shorts after every few steps. Once we reached the entrance to the kitchen and I saw the tall sturdy frame of the man standing there, my heart started racing and I began scanning the joint for the quickest escape route but Nessie, the girl that would run every time he came home….well, she started to run again but this time it was right into his strong arms. "Daddy!' she yelled as he lifted her to his chest and folded his long arms around her slender frame, "this is the friend I was telling you about" He held her whole body in one arm while extending the other in my direction, "you must be Sam then" his voice deep and smooth as honey as he took my trembling hand in his. "Very nice to finally meet you Sam" he said, his big hand swallowing mine, "How was your day baby?" he asked as he turned his attention back to the girl he was still holding in his arms.
"Why do you always run home when your dad comes home?" I asked her one afternoon, waiting to hear all the drama about how he insisted that she stay inside, or had rules against too much fun, what I heard was not at all what I expected and would leave me mystified and almost painfully curious, "He's my dad and I want to be with him" Here I had been thinking that she was running off in fear when that Volvo pulled in the driveway but in fact she was running away from me to be with him. I didn't get it. Her mom had been home all day, if she needed or wanted something she could have given it to her, what was the deal with this "dad" business?
I never really knew my father. I have only vague remembrances of the shape of his face, his eyes the same as mine, the long straight hair, the smell of patchouli. I remember avocado and alfalfa pita sandwiches, the "funny" smell of his cigarettes and a faint feeling of sadness when he would "fall asleep" during one of my visits…..the panic I would feel on the drive home, my mother always crying so hard that I thought she must be in some kind of terrible pain. The way should would sob and shake her head when I would beg her, "What's wrong mommy?!" She was in fact in terrible pain, but a pain I wouldn't truly understand until now.
"God, you look like your father when you make that face" a phrase I would hear over and over again. Never quite sure what face she was talking about, what look would make her see him in me, always felt a little guilty when it happened and wished it were not so as it inevitably brought her sadness. Couldn't change it but so many times I wished that I could. My mother was already so full of heartache and it killed me that my….face brought her even more.
"They found him at Jeannie's"
She was sitting on the couch, legs tucked in under her bottom, the way she always sat. Her iced tea beside her, a lit cigarette in the ashtray beside it. I remember the phone ringing and the, "No! Oh God. Please No!" the sound of my mother's hope dying….the thud of the dropped phone and then the sound of my feet smacking against the sticky linoleum floor as I ran to her. He was gone. A part of her was gone too. They found him in the home of the woman he was seeing, in Jeannie's home….Oh little Jeannie.
My mother died some thirty something years later still madly in love with the man whose face I wore but whose story I never knew. She didn't speak of him much. At first I thought it was because she hated him but the older I got the more I understood that she couldn't talk about him, it was too painful for her to remember him. So "dad" or "father" never evoked more than an idea for me, had no feelings other than guilt to attach to what the word meant. Once I met my husband, saw the way my own son lit up, admired and felt safe around him I had a better idea but the actual feeling, well it was just never one that I understood.
"If you are the Samantha Dugan I am looking for I hope to hear from you, I'm your father's brother" an email waiting for me at work last week. It was so easy for me to respond, to write back and tell him that I was in fact the Samantha he had been looking for. I did it so quickly, with no hesitation and so matter-of-fact. Was not at all prepared for the flood of emotion and feeling that would overtake me as the man whose face I wore story spilled out before me…his brother's memories on the screen seemed to leap deep inside my chest and become part of me. "He wanted a daughter more than anything and your mother brought him peace in a way that no one else could"….the first time in my almost forty years that I felt like I was being scooped up and held in the strong arms of a father.
Feels like everything has changed in some way. Nothing really has, my life is the same, there is no Volvo to run to but now, well now there is all this information, history, texture to where I came from. He was more than a junkie. He was a very smart man, well travelled as it turns out, and although they died years and worlds apart, my parents were very much in love. I wish she were still here, so I could beam this face, this face that he and I shared….smile at her in that way that made her think of him and just this once let her see this new found pride behind it. Feels amazing….
20 comments:
- Another Day of Crazy said...
Got nothing to say other than, love you Sam... you're an amazing woman.
- March 8, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- Michele | Cooking At Home said...
What a privilege it is to have you share your story with us. I hope you have found some peace with your past. You certainly have found success in the present. I have been following your blog for a couple of months and really enjoy it.
- March 8, 2011 at 10:23 AM
- Thomas said...
Overwhelming, Sam.
- March 8, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- Romes said...
Touched, crying, smiling, and feeling immense happiness and love for you...
- March 8, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Aw shucks, you all are too sweet. Been a really amazing couple days of...of well , I guess of feeling. Still processing it all but thanks for listening.
- March 8, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- Work in Progress said...
What an awesome story of you. I love to read about your heart & your mind & now your life. We weren't friend until late elementary & jr. High, but I cherish those memories. Glad that you learned so much about a part of you that was missing. Take care!
- March 8, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- John M. Kelly said...
What a wonderful thing to happen! Out of the blue he contacts you? I hope you have found a friend for life as well as this renewed connection to family.
- March 8, 2011 at 3:41 PM
- Valerie said...
Damn, woman - nothing but awe and respect - for what this e-mail brought into your life and your willingness and profound ability to eloquently share these aspects of your history. Add a big ol' hug for the little Sam on roller skates from a former skater girl here. xo
- March 8, 2011 at 4:45 PM
- webb said...
So happy for you. Hope you get a chance to form some bonds with your UNCLE. You deserve it!
- March 8, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Charlie Olken said...
Its wonderful that you can feel all those emotions and luxuriate in them. It is amazing that you can bring us along for the ride feeling you all the way.
- March 8, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Work In Progress,
Thank you so much for following along, means a lot.
Just like that. Can you believe that? I met him once when I was either 5 or 6 but never a word since. I too hope to forage a new friendship with him...would be rather amazing.
You are too kind as always. As you know these things are easier to share when you have such loyal and connected people following you. I so appreciate you lady...
Thank you so much you sweet thing you. Not sure I deserve all of this but it has been so wonderful to be feeling something about it all. I feel truly lucky that's for sure.
Charlie My Sweet Friend,
That made me cry again! You are always so sweetly supportive of whatever it is I'm doing here...you humble me with your love and support. Thank you...
- March 8, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Nancy Deprez said...
Wow, that is quite a bit to process. Glad you have more family than before. Thank you for sharing your story, Sam.
- March 8, 2011 at 11:20 PM
- Ron Washam said...
My Gorgeous Samantha,
When you write in the last paragraph, "Nothing has changed..." you couldn't be further from the truth. Everything has changed. For you, and for everyone privileged enough to read your saga. You'll be able to see yourself in an entirely new light, a beautiful and love-filled light, not the darkness you once believed was at your core. That's nothing short of miraculous.
And all of us who struggled with our fathers, or never knew one, have been changed. We've been given the genuine hope that it's never too late for redemption. Or for forgiveness. Powerful work, My Love, and work only a woman of your gifts can offer.
Let's be corny for a moment--your mother would have been extraordinarily proud of this post. Coming to peace with the love of her life can only have been her most desired blessing.
Bravo, Samantha. Just when we think you can't dazzle us again, you blow us away.
Truly, I love you!
- March 9, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Ron My Love,
You are always either making my blush or filling my eyes with tears. You, like the others here, are far too generous with your praise. I thank you from the bottom of the heart that I love you with all of.
- March 9, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- chris said...
I agree with all the previous comments, especially Ron's.
- March 10, 2011 at 7:48 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
I have been completely overwhelmed by the response to this post. People have been contacting me privately more than commenting here, can't blame them really, some very real emotion they are feeling. I'm just so touched by all the people that took the time to tell me what this piece made them feel and by the ones like you, Jess, John and all the others that just wanted to let me know they were in my corner. Means more to me than any of you can possibly know. Thank you. Just thank you.
Oh and you're agreeing with Ron?! Not even sure Ron agrees with Ron half the time....
- March 10, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Joe said...
Being new to the awesome responsibility of being a father to a daughter, I have to think that no matter how or when it is expressed, there's a powerful and eternal bond between the two.
I'm glad that whatever wasn't expressed to you in his life was eventually conveyed to you, because it's got to be how we all feel about our daughters. They are all amazing to us, despite our difficulty in knowing how to show those feelings.
- March 11, 2011 at 7:38 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
I hope that your adorable daughter, the one that wears your face, (insane how much she looks like you) runs home every time your car turns the corner.
- March 11, 2011 at 1:42 PM
- Unknown said...
Samantha, I remember hiking up a hill as a kid on skates just so I could gain speed and reel around the corner at the bottom of the hill. That centrifugal force in my tummy made the exercise all worth it.
Your sharing your past with us made your writing exercise all worth it (to us)...hopefully to you as well. Incredibly written, as always!
Steve Pinzon
- June 12, 2013 at 12:01 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
I adore that you understand that pumping and pushing of your legs to sail your body down the hill and feel the flips and jumps in your tummy. Are we too old to feel that again? Fuck, I hope not. You were very sweet to read this rather me saturated piece of...well. piece. I appreciate that more than you know and to find your sweet words encourage me more than you know. Thank you Steve...and now for more Bushmills.
- June 12, 2013 at 12:14 AM


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A highly selective institution, the Performing Arts College in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, teaches ethnic Mongolian dance, long tone singing, traditional and western instruments, fine arts and fashion design. The college is also well-known for its outstanding concert band and choral program.
The concert is the culmination of a performing arts exchange between the Mongolian Performing Arts College and Vermont's Leland and Gray Union High School's Journey East Asian Studies Academy. The Journey East program involves 25 high school students from Windham County who devote a significant portion of their studies to Asian literature, Chinese cultural studies, the Chinese language and T'ai Chi.
Each spring, the high school students spend a month in China working with students from the Performing Arts College, concluding in a joint performance of American and Mongolian dance and song. In return, college students from the Performing Arts College visit Vermont in the fall, giving many performances during their three-week stay, made possible with funding from the Freeman Foundation and support from the Asian Studies Outreach Program at the University of Vermont.
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I can always tell when Nicklas Bendtner is back in the news. My mobile phone goes red hot with calls with the prefix of +45 from Danish newspapers, radio and television.
Down the years, I've formed three lifelong friendships with Danish journalists thanks to Super Nick.
The interest in Bendtner in Denmark is on a par to our interest in David Beckham here in England. Think I'm exaggerating? I'm not.
- Bendtner in line for Arsenal return
Bendtner is their big star, plays for Arsenal -- a huge club among Scandinavian fans -- had a baby with Danish royalty, lives, shall we say, a rock and roll lifestyle, and occasionally plays football.
Very occasionally just lately; not since August 2011 for Arsenal, when he came on as a substitute at Liverpool. Since then, he's been loaned to Sunderland and Juventus with varying degrees of success.
He has fallen out of favour in spectacular fashion at Arsenal and he's spent the last two summers trying to negotiate a move away from the Emirates.
Last summer, he took time off -- with Arsenal's blessing -- to navigate his way to Juventus. A remarkable achievement in joining one of the world's biggest clubs. Well, not if you're Bendtner. Because, after all, he did famously say he believes he can become one of the best strikers in the world.
"If you ask me if I am the one of the better goalscorers in the world, I would reply yes, because I believe it ... I do not believe that I am overconfident. I believe that I have the confidence equal to my talent." - Bendtner
This summer it was a similar story for the 25-year-old. He was told he could leave Arsenal but refused to take a drop in wages, so that meant he'd rather stay as a reserve at the Emirates than go to Eintracht Frankfurt and play in the Bundesliga.
Even then it appeared he would join Crystal Palace on transfer deadline day. But that fell through when Arsenal could not get Demba Ba. Now, however, he is needed, and, despite my own doubts, Bendtner is back in the frame for the Gunners.
The Dane was on the bench on Sunday against Stoke and is due to be in the squad at West Brom for the Capital One Cup.
There are few bigger comebacks than this. Sure enough, the phone's been busy. "What do you make of Bendtner? Will he play? Will he score?"
Let's be honest, it's a marriage of convenience. When Arsene Wenger said on Friday that he'd be back involved two days later, I said: "Honestly?" It was said in disbelief. I admit it, I didn't think it would happen.
But now Bendtner is a necessity; Olivier Giroud is the Gunners' only other striker. As well as the Frenchman is playing, with his combative style, he can't play every game. So Bendtner's number has come up.
This is his big chance. He can prove himself all over again and maybe even regain a bit of self respect after becoming a figure of fun. He's in the final year of his contract and a lucrative free transfer awaits next summer.
All those big boasts and ideas. Now comes his chance to really show that he can still be a footballer. What a comeback that would be.


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Stocks tumbled again in the final hour of trading to close near session lows in heavily volatile trading Wednesday, with the Dow posting its sixth-straight day in the red, as investors digested the minutes from the latest Fed policy meeting.
Stocks initially spiked lower following the minutes but rebounded within a half hour to wipe out all of the day's losses. Selling renewed aggressively into the close, with the major averages closing near session lows.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 105.44 points to close at 14,897.55, finishing below the psychologically-important 15,000 mark for the first time since July 3. Alcoa and Hewlett-Packard were the biggest Dow laggards.
The blue-chip index has plunged nearly 700 points, or approximately 4.5 percent, since hitting its record high of 15,658.36 on Aug. 2.
The S&P 500 dropped 9.55 points to finish at 1,642.80. And the Nasdaq fell 13.80 points to end at 3,599.79,
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, jumped near 16.
All key S&P sectors closed in negative territory, led by utilities and telecoms.
Minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting showed almost all the policymakers on the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee agreed that a change to the stimulus was not yet appropriate, though some hesitation remained.
"The Fed must be feeling significant political and global pressure to begin tapering because their language described in today's minutes release does not correspond to the current macro economic climate of the country," wrote Todd Schoenberger, managing partner at LandColt Capital.
"Bottom line: Wall Street traders are angry and confused by today's release."
Benchmark 10-year Treasury note yields hit a fresh session high of 2.895 percent following the minutes. Yields have surged recently to two-year highs on expectations the Fed will soon slow its $85 billion monthly purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. Other assets around the world have also been hit, with riskier emerging markets getting especially hammered.
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Among earnings, Target declined after the retail giant warned its annual earnings will likely be near the lower end of its previous forecast as the company anticipates ongoing cautious consumer spending.
Staples plunged to lead the S&P 500 laggards after the office supplies retailer posted earnings and revenue that missed projections, citing weakness in its retail stores and international operations.
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Meanwhile, Lowe's rallied to lead the S&P 500 gainers after the home-improvement company topped quarterly expectations and boosted its full-year outlook. The news came a day after rival Home Depot posted strong earnings results.
Hewlett-Packard edged lower after the company reassigned Dave Donatelli, the executive vice president in charge of the firm's enterprise group to a new role. Donatelli's new role will be announced when the company posts its quarterly results after the closing bell.
L Brands, parent company of Victoria's Secret, is also slated to post earnings after the closing bell.
Apple climbed, bucking the downward trend of the broader markets, after UBS raised its price target on the iPhone maker to $560 from $500.
Goldman Sachs experienced a glitch on Tuesday that resulted in a large number of erroneous single stock and ETF options trades. Many of the trades may wind up being erased, but the error could still cost the firm over $100 million, according to a person familiar with the situation.
On the economic front, existing home sales jumped 6.5 percent in July to an annualized rate of 5.39 million, according to the National Association of Realtors. Economists in a Reuters survey expected a total of 5.15 million annualized units versus 5.08 million annualized units in June.
Weekly mortgage applications declined for a second week and rising interest rates put a damper on refinancing activity, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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As an inpatient bedside nurse in the Medical Care Unit (MCU), I am usually the first to know when a patient's status changes. I frequently do patient assessments and use my critical and logical skills while working with doctors and residents. I also do advocacy work for Latino families who have a language barrier to ensure they receive the best possible care.
I arrive at work around 7 am and receive reports about my patients from the night nurse. I access lab reports, diagnoses and other information about my patients. I also check their medical charts. Typically I have about four patients.
Around 8 am, I visit my patients, check their IVs, breathing patterns, and oxygen levels. I introduce myself to family members whom I haven't met yet. I participate in bedside rounds with a doctor, resident, case manager, and representative from social services if necessary.
Throughout the day I assess my patients' conditions, because a child's status can change quickly. I administer medications by calculating the appropriate dosage based on age and weight and ensure it is taken properly. I also help discharge my patients when they are ready to go home.
My job is rewarding because I can see how much of a difference I make in children's lives by working hard to improve their health.
I usually arrive at work at 7 am, and receive my patient assignment and reports from the night shift nurses. Around 8 am I begin taking care of my patients, who range in age from 23 weeks gestation to about three months. Around 9 am I participate in rounds, where the medical team reviews an infant's history and plan of care for that day. Typically I see between one and three patients.
In the NICU we deliver care to babies with critical illnesses, including sepsis and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), referred to us from approximately 30 community hospitals.
During the day I take the babies' temperatures and work with different kinds of ventilators and Nitric Oxide. I administer medication and blood products to the babies. But I also teach parents how to care for their baby when the family goes home.
My job is fast-paced with many babies and parents coming and going. I find it challenging to keep a professional distance from certain parents and not get too personally involved with any baby. It's so rewarding for me when babies get to go home with their families. I am proud of what I do.
I have a lot of flexibility in my hours, and I love that I work as part of a team with a great group of people. If I ever need help, I know that I always have someone to back me up and provide support.
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I arrive at work between 7 and 7:30 am. That half hour is my administrative time, when I check voicemail and e-mail, and return calls as necessary. I then usually have a meeting of some kind, as I am on many hospital committees such as the Sedation Committee, Magnet Champions Committee, Performance Improvement Initiatives Committee, and Pharmacy Pyxis Committee.
Around 8 am I begin to prepare the clinic for patients. I walk through each examination room, bathroom and waiting area to make sure they are clean. From 8:30 am to 5:30 pm patients come in, and I take vitals signs and medical histories, order supplies, do paperwork, handle scheduling and referrals, and help with the flow of patients between rooms. I also assist with patient education, teaching patients and families about epilepsy, seizures, headaches, and other neurological issues. I also do sedation for outpatient testing and help physicians with research such as drug studies where children with disabilities are taught how to swallow medication.
We are a high volume outpatient clinic and I am the only registered nurse. We have more than 20 attending neurologists and four nurse practitioners. Even though I am constantly pulled in different directions, I love my job. I love my connection to the families, and that I have seen many patients grow from small children into adolescents and young adults. I also enjoy the interdisciplinary nature of my work, since it enables me to interact with several other divisions at the hospital.
For me, this is not just a job; it's a very satisfying career.
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My typical day is, well, I don't really have a typical day because I see anything and everything. Still, there are some predictable patterns to the types of emergencies that I deal with. I come into work at 11 am. In the morning I see a lot of babies with sepsis (an infection of the blood). Sometime there is a lull after that, which gives me time to make sure all of our patient rooms are properly stocked.
In the afternoon, I treat a lot of patients who come in with the usual run of pediatric emergency problems. Late afternoons and evenings, especially after 3 pm, tend to be the times when I treat trauma-related accidents. I see several big wheel and bicycle accidents, as well as pool accidents, in the summer months. In stormy weather I see many children brought here because of car accidents on the slick roads.
Every once in a while I see something really wild – literally – like when a teenager stole a snake from the National Zoo, took it on the Metro in a large trash bag, and subsequently was bitten. He was brought to the emergency department and almost lost his arm, but we treated him quickly and saved it.
I love my job because it's exciting. You never know what's coming through the doors. I like that I need to be able to think quickly on my feet about how to best treat a patient.
I think you have to be somewhat of an adrenaline junkie to enjoy working in the emergency department. You must be prepared to go from zero to 100 miles per hour in two seconds with your heart racing. You have to be ready for anything, but you also need to maintain a sense of calmness.
Working at the emergency department at Children's is the most rewarding job that I've ever had. I cannot imagine myself doing anything else.


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I notice that the copper tub/shower rough-in I'm replacing didn't use any pipe clamps or the fitting mounting ears. The assembly is essentially free-standing and a bit wobbly, but firmed up somewhat by the installed trim pieces.
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text: New Nail Polishes, May 2012 The Very Best of May's New Nail Polishes by Miriam Lacey 5/02/12 2 Reactions 70 Shares Print 13 41 16 0 0 What do burnout pastels, sultry sheers, and ultrabrights all have in common? They're hot polish trends for May, a time when soft Spring shades and Summer's fun colors get together to render some truly lovely combinations. This month, the selection varies from polishes that resemble (very pretty) lizard scales, cupcake sprinkles, red chili peppers, and more. They're a can't-miss crop of colors, so check them out now. Source: Flickr User Dan Queiroz I Turn My Camera On What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Looking for the ideal warm-weather pink? Essie's Camera ($8) has the perfect tinge of orange, and it's suitably bright without being aggressively neon. 1 / 9 Sliding Scales What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spiderman might not be the most obvious inspiration for a nail polish collection, but OPI's never done things like a "normal" nail polish company. This month, they'll be coming out with a whole collection in homage to Spidey, and the standout shade is Just Spotted the Lizard ($9), a green-gold duochrome that changes color in the light. 2 / 9 Dot Matrix What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Love the idea of nails that look like they're covered in sprinkles? The Ciaté caviar manicure kit ($25) is probably going to hold plenty of charm for you, then. The tiny decorative elements suspended in the polish matrix are pretty darn cute, and it's a lot easier than trying to make the stuff on your own. 3 / 9 Coral Hymn What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 If sheer and shimmery sounds good to you right about now, the sparkle sorbet color of Julep Sarah polish ($14) is just the thing. It's a semi sheer red-orange that's easy and versatile, and you can put it on top of a basic red to make your favorite staple shade a little more summery, or wear it alone for a touch of transparent appeal. 4 / 9 Shake Your Tail Feathers What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nail wraps are a polish category of their own these days, and for eye-popping color and great design, OPI nail appliques in Peacock are a standout choice. 6 / 9 Unquestionably Gilt-y What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 This much pretty glitz doesn't usually come cheap, but LA Girl Flare polish ($1) lets you take advantage of the gold nail polish trend for the price of a couple gumballs. 6 / 9 Red Light District What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Nars X Thakoon collaboration has been hotly anticipated for months, and now it's here. Get online to snag our polish pick, the gorgeous amplified poppy Lal Mirchi ($18), before it disappears. 7 / 9 Bikini Babe What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Creamsicle is a staple Spring/Summer shade, but some colors come off childish or (much worse) chalky. Not so with Dior Croisette Summer in Bikini ($23), which has a nice injection of pink that makes it altogether adult and appealing. 8 / 9 Putting the "Fun" in Dysfunctional What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 If you want to make the pastel trend outright edgy, give Orly Dark Shadows Decades of Dysfunction ($7) a try. The color is as pallid as vampire skin, and unusually opaque, too. 9 / 9 13 41 16 0 0 Read More Spring BeautyNail TrendsNailsNail Polish Spring Beauty How to Pull Off Multicolored Makeup Like Lupita Nyong'o 27 minutes ago You've Got to See This Epic Spring Nail Art on Instagram 14 hours ago Festival Flair Kicks Off With Bright Nail Art and Fresh Braids 19 hours ago Soothe Shaved Legs With This Cheap Medicine Cabinet Trick 1 day ago No Bubblegum Here: 5 Ways to Wear Hot-Pink Lipstick Right Now! 1 day ago Get Revved For Spring With Our Beauty Must Haves 1 day ago Get a Personalized Fashion & Beauty Newsletter! Help us customize your newsletter by selecting your interests (optional): Spring Beauty Nail Polish Street Style Celebrity Style Assistant Community Manager 1 year Gorgeous new colors! I love the peachy Dior shade. Link Love This new beauty trend comes straight from the farm — The Cut Catherine Zeta-Jones steps out with a major hair changeup — InStyle How 20-somethings really get ready for a night out — SheFinds The right way to contour and highlight with makeup — Allure Keep your compact from shattering with one simple tip — Real Simple Stop oily hair with this common kitchen staple — HuffPost Style The laissez-faire guide to a flawless complexion — Byrdie Top fashion models who rock their natural hair — Naturally Curly The Spring skin care changes you need to make now — Beauty Sweet Spot Léa Seydoux strips down for Prada's latest fragrance — Style.com


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Nonprofit reflects on first year helping area beaches
CARLSBAD — With California state parks in desperate need of funding, local nonprofit Friends of Cardiff and Carlsbad State Beaches, or FCCSB, has picked up the slack to support projects that improved North County's parks over the last year.
FCCSB held its annual meeting Nov. 18 to review and assess their accomplishments and fundraising efforts since the group formed in 2009. Board members have been meeting regularly since February of this year.
"It may seem like not a lot has happened, but once I had a chance to compile a list of the achievements, I was able to reflect on the sheer quantity of the things we managed to accomplish this year," President Kevin Dyerly said.
Dyerly highlighted several milestones for the group, including the near completion of Pelican Point, a raised platform rented out for weddings and educational events to generate funds; securing co-op association status by the state; beach cleanups; and successful events like Christmas in July and Beach Fest.
"We raised a lot of money from recycling at the campgrounds and Christmas in July," Dyerly said. The group has doubled its funds in the bank, while also spending more than $10,000 to compete various projects. "Now that has to last us the next six months."
California State Parks Interpretive Director and FCCSB board member Laura Ohman discussed scheduled events for 2011 that could raise funds and awareness for the group, like several scheduled Earth Day activities and the countywide Creek to Bay cleanup.
Fundraisers help Ohman continue her educational programming and other projects, many of which have been supplemented by FCCSB since its inception. The group's contributions have helped her purchase craft supplies and organize various events.
"We did 51 beach clean ups this year — all but three were in this sector," Ohman said. "We picked up 4,261.7 pounds of trash with the help of almost 2,600 volunteers."
Moving forward, FCCSB members hope to increase their fundraising efforts, especially with the failure of Proposition 21 in the recent election. California residents voted against the ballot measure, which would have increased vehicle license fees by $18 to generate money for state parks.
"The only good thing about Proposition 21 not passing is that our headquarters is now starting to look at partnerships and grants," California State Parks North Sector Superintendent Brian Ketterer said.
In addition to FCCSB's contributions, Ketterer is working on securing grants to help with large-scale projects around the parks. "We are in a very ugly state of 'what now?'"
For more information about the nonprofit Friends of Cardiff and Carlsbad State Beaches organization, visit www.fccsb.org.
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Eastern Michigan (8-9, 1-2 MAC) lost their first two conference games to open the season. The Eagles' lost last week to Ball State at home, 60-58, and to Bowling Green on the road, 46-44, and needed a win against their bitter rival.
"It was great to get out first and get a conference win here." coach Rob Murphy said on the win. "After being on the other side of the ball in those other games, those were close games and we played well in both games and moving along tonight it was great to get that first win."
The Eagles' jumped out to an early lead in this game and controlled throughout ending the first half 30-19. With the win, EMU improves its record to 8-2 at the Convocation Center.
EMU was lead by freshman point guard Jalen Ross, who scored a team high 13 points with three assists. Senior forward Jamell Harris scored 11 and junior Glenn Bryant added 10 in the win.
"It felt great to finally have that break through scoring game that we really needed. The last few games we have really struggled." Ross said. "We just need to keep shooting and stay confident in the beginning of games."
Bryant played elite defense in the game; recording a season high five blocks as the entire team was lockdown mode in the paint. "He brought a ton of energy to the floor." Murphy said. "He rebounded, closed out shots, and his length inside was a difference maker."
The Green and White defense was able to shutdown the outside shooting of CMU, holding them to six of 26 from behind the arc.
"Playing against a team like this we played really well from the three point line, they shot only 26 percent for the game." Murphy said, "We need to do a better job stopping offensive rebounds and work at the free throw line but we will get better in those areas."
The 2-3 zone has been consistent all year but the offense finally started hitting shots, shooting 50 percent for the game.
"Coming back home is always nice, our guys have always been confident" Murphy said. "We had a game where we were able to get open shots, were confident came up and made them."
Eastern will play host to Miami of Ohio on Saturday at 2 p.m., where the Eagles' will look to end their 16-game losing streak to the Redhawks.
"Anytime a program has beaten you 16 times you're looking to remove that." Murphy said. " It does not sit well with me at all. I was a part of one of those losses last year but we need to win. We need to defend our home court."
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "Another striking wine, the 2010 Pinot Noir Isabelle bursts from the glass with serious depth. The aromas and flavors are a bit on the darker side of the spectrum in the 2010. Black cherries, licorice and sweet spices all blossom as this large-scaled, voluptuous wine opens up over time."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Bright, ripe and juicy, with vivid blueberry, blackberry and wild berry flavors that are spicy, supple and elegant, maintaining this red's dark berry themes and ending with a spicy berry aftertaste..."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The 2010 Napanook (98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Petit Verdot) reveals a pungent, spicy, earthy, slightly herbal nose, and an exuberant mouthfeel with lots of plum, licorice, red and black currants and a hint of sweet cherries. The wine is slightly more in-your-face and aggressive than most..
Cellar/Tasting Notes The 2011 Pinot Noir Two Brothers, tasted from barrel, is hugely promising. There is a level of purity in the fruit that is simply beautiful. The style is a bit exuberant for the year, but all the elements are very much in balance. A blast of sweet red cherries, dried flowers and sweet spices flow..
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Floyd Edminston thought the battery in his blood pressure monitor was wearing down when the monitor showed his heart rate was 34 beats per minute.
The work and research of electrophysiologists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center are well known in the areas of atrial fibrillation, catheter and surgical ablations, medical therapies and other treatments for rhythm disorders.
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Inspired by the textural beauty of raindrops on water, our handcrafted glass bowl offers refreshing service for salads and side dishes. Artisan glassblowers use traditional techniques to create an intriguing dimpled pattern that beautifully catches and reflects the light. The bowl is accented with gleaming metalwork, which forms a graceful border around the rim.
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Gene Fowler (1890 – 1960) was an American journalist, author, and dramatist.
- Sometimes I think it sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.
- Men are not against you, they are merely for themselves.
- Of his writing.
- A book is never finished; it's abandoned.
- The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.
- Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
- sometimes attributed to Douglas Adams.
- He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.
- Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.
- What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.
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Yes, Spam is a canned meat product... however, in this case we are looking at something different!
SPAM, or Students Planning Activities Monthly, is the official programming board for Lawrence Tech. SPAM coordinates activities that enhance and enrich the quality of student life by addressing the needs and interests of its diverse student body. Unlike a normal student organization, SPAM is a university sponsored group that is a branch of the Office of Student Engagement, a division of Student Affairs. SPAM is comprised of three Executive Board members and fourteen staff members. All members are hired as employees of SPAM and receive a stipend each semester for their hard work and dedication.
To ensure high quality programming and visibility in the Lawrence Tech community
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To present events and activities that serve as an alternative option to drinking
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Special Engagement: From Keys To Literacy by Joan Sedita - The Key Comprehension Routine:Grades 4-12 - Karen Eades, Facilitator
The Key Comprehension Routine: (Grades 4-12)
This program embeds comprehension strategy instruction in all content areas with the use of existing reading and instruction material. The Key Comprehension Routine teaches students comprehension strategies for understanding and learning from an increasing 'staircase' of text complexity.
The Common Core Literacy Standards place significant emphasis on having teachers of all subjects and grades teach literacy skills. The Key Comprehension Routine provides instruction that all teachers can immediately use to teach these skills and activities:
Ľ Comprehension skills: for close, analytic reading of both narrative and expository text
Ľ Main idea skills: categorizing information and vocabulary, and identify/stating main ideas during reading
Ľ Text structure knowledge: at the sentence, paragraph, and longer text levels
Ľ Top-down topic webs: a flexible, foundational graphic organizer that can be used with all subjects
Ľ Two-column notes: a note taking format supports active reading and that can be used for reading or lecture
Ľ Summarizing: students comprehend, analyze, and synthesize information to develop a summary of the most important ideas in their own words
Ľ Generating questions: students create and answer questions along a continuum of thinking using Bloomĺs Taxonomy
Ľ Cooperative learning: students learn, practice, and become independent with the comprehension strategies by working in whole group, small collaborative groups, and individually
When the program is adopted by a school or district, students learn a routine for active reading and writing that is consistent as they move from grade to grade and subject to subject.
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Registration opens at 8:00 am
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
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*At the discretion of Arizona Department of Education staff, 'emergency situations' are defined as: illness, accident, etc.
Who Should Attend:
Grades 4-6 elementary teachers, 7-12 content classroom teachers, and educators who provide support to struggling readers.
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Dining Out For Life Benefits AIDS Project Rhode Island
By EDGE | Tuesday Apr 15, 2014
Restaurants across Rhode Island will be participating in Dining Out for Life, Thursday, April 24, benefitting AIDS Project Rhode Island.
Clay Pell Carries on Family's Political Dynasty
By Joe Siegel | Monday Apr 7, 2014
Clay Pell is one of the candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor of Rhode Island. He talks to EDGE about his family's legacy, including his grandfather Claiborne Pell and his aunt Julie Pell, a veteran LGBT rights activist.
House Majority Leader Elected Rhode Island Speaker
By Erika Niedowski and David Klepper | Wednesday Mar 26, 2014
Rhode Island's House majority leader has been elected speaker in a lopsided vote days after the abrupt resignation of one of the state government's most powerful figures.
Rhode Island Lawmakers Jockey to be House Speaker
By Erika Niedowski and Michelle R. Smith | Sunday Mar 23, 2014
Two legislators have emerged as candidates to replace RI's first openly gay House Speaker Gordon Fox after he relinquished the House speakership following FBI raids on his home and office.
First Openly Gay RI House Speaker to Step Down After FBI Raids
By Erika Niedowski | Saturday Mar 22, 2014
Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox is resigning from his leadership post and will not run for re-election, he said Saturday, a day after federal and state authorities raided his Statehouse office and home.
State Police Raid Office Of Openly Gay R.I. House Speaker
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Law enforcement officials raided the office of House Speaker Gordon Fox on Friday as part of an investigation by the U.S. attorney's office, the FBI, IRS and state police.
Rhode Island LGBT Community Honors Gov. Chafee
By Joe Siegel | Tuesday Nov 19, 2013
Governor Lincoln Chafee (D) was honored by Rhode Island's LGBT community Thursday at the Rhode Island Pride Honors with the Pyramid of Pride Award.
Openly Gay Candidate Runs for RI Governor
By Joe Siegel | Wednesday Oct 30, 2013
Todd Giroux, who is openly gay and a Bristol resident, has announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of Rhode Island in 2014.
RI Bishop Switches Parties Over Gay Rights, Abortion
Wednesday Aug 14, 2013
The Roman Catholic bishop of Providence says he has become a registered Republican.
Lennie Watts Brings Award-Winning Cabaret to Ocean St. Theatre
By EDGE | Tuesday Aug 6, 2013
Ocean State Theatre Company in Warwick, is pleased to present the Multi Award-winning cabaret performer and OSTC fan favorite, Lennie Watts, in his unny, yet poignant show,
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Our Strategy
Decent, stable, and affordable housing is at the core of strong, vibrant families and communities. MacArthur's grantmaking is designed to support more balanced housing policies that acknowledge the importance of affordable rental housing and to help low- and moderate-income Americans improve their lives.
Although decent, stable affordable housing is essential to strong, vibrant families and communities, our nation's limited stock of affordable housing is dwindling, and the supply of new replacement housing falls short of demand. This undersupply affects low-income households hardest: 80 percent pay more than a third of their incomes for rent, leaving less for food, healthcare and education. Moderate and middle income households increasingly face a similar burden.
The national recession and collapse in the housing market highlights the need for a comprehensive overhaul of the structure and regulatory framework of the financial and housing sectors. While housing policy historically has put a premium on homeownership, political consensus is emerging that affordable rental housing has an important place in a rebalanced national housing policy and that a healthy rental sector is vital for family and community stability.
Preserving Affordable Rental Housing
Our $150 million Window of Opportunity: Preserving Affordable Rental Housing initiative seeks to preserve and improve affordable rental housing nationwide by showing that housing preservation is a cost-effective way to extend past investment in housing; strengthen families and communities; and encourage a wide mix of partners to invest in and preserve such housing. The initiative is yielding the evidence, models, momentum, and leadership for policy reforms that position preservation as a central approach to meeting U.S. housing needs.
We provide grants and long-term, local, regional, and national nonprofit affordable housing owners in 37 states. We also support specialized financing vehicles across the country and public sector-led preservation efforts in Chicago, New York City, and 14 other states and localities; and fund policy analysis, data collection, and expert assistance to encourage investment in rental housing preservation and foster sound federal, state, and local policies. We also are making a limited set of investments to identify how energy efficiency improvements can help preserve rental housing affordability.
Housing Policy Research
Compelling findings from a range of fields are revealing critical links between housing and other national policy issues. In 2008, the Foundation launched a five-year, $25 million How Housing Matters to Families and Communities initiative that includes a competitive research program and an interdisciplinary research network that seek to determine whether and how stable, affordable housing has positive effects on education, employment, health and other outcomes. Early findings show that such housing improves school performance, diminishes health problems, and reduces psychological stress.
If this work provides rigorous and robust evidence that particular housing characteristics and programs have positive effects, housing programs or programs that integrate housing with other interventions may receive more support, and agencies will be better equipped to identify ways to leverage resources to improve outcomes, and realize cost savings.
To date, the competitive research program has awarded more than $17 million to 34 research projects.
Fostering Pragmatic Policy Solutions to the Nation's Housing Challenges
While research reinforces the important role that housing plays in people's lives, the nation's housing finance and delivery system is faltering. The current financial crisis has revealed significant flaws, and housing market weaknesses are stifling economic recovery. Although society will continue to see dramatic demographic shifts in the coming decades as it grows older, as family structure changes, and as income stability and growth is less certain, - realistic solutions are absent from the debate, particularly about the next generation's housing needs.
To develop sensible, actionable policy solutions to address near- and long-term challenges, the Foundation recently launched the Bipartisan Policy Center's Housing Commission comprising leaders from a range of political and industry perspectives who share a commitment to putting national housing policy on a sustainable path forward. The group is seeking input from the public and leading thinkers regarding fundamental issues that will help shape the future of housing policy:
- What kind of housing will Americans need?
- How should it be designed, financed and delivered?
- How can existing housing be renewed for a new generation of owners and renters?
- What is housing's relationship to transportation, energy, the environment, health care and jobs?
- What is government's role in the housing sector?
The Commission will release its recommendations in early 2013, and spend the following year promoting those recommendations.
Our Strategic Approach
The Foundation's housing initiatives are driven by set of theories of change:
- Demonstrating through practice that affordable housing preservation is cost-effective and feasible will spur public and private investment and lead to more balanced national housing policies.
- Providing solid evidence that housing has positive effects beyond shelter alone will increase support for housing programs or programs that integrate housing with other interventions.
- Creating a bipartisan, non-ideological forum and process to examine the evidence, consider the facts, and recommend and promote a set of sound policies to address housing market problems will help address current housing challenges and help ensure more sound policies in the future.
Grantmaking Priorities
We support practice-driven, evidence-based, and policy-focused efforts that will make stable affordable housing available for more families nationwide. Our grantmaking priorities are to:
- Support nonprofit owners to increase construction and preservation of affordable rental housing;
- Build organizational capacity and financial strength in the affordable housing sector;
- Help balance the goals of energy conservation and affordability through research, policy, and practice in "green" housing finance; and
- Seed rigorous research to understand the social and economic value of housing beyond shelter and to inform sound, cost-effective policy solutions.
The Window of Opportunity initiative will end in 2013, by which time we hope to have helped bring about significant policy change that acknowledges the value of rental housing and supports preservation nationwide. All direct investments in housing owners and developers are in place, and a comprehensive multi-year, multi-study evaluation is underway.
The How Housing Matters to Families and Communities research network will continue for six or seven years, and we will continue to release findings from research grants through 2015. We are establishing a mechanism to aggregate and disseminate the research and will monitor and evaluate how effectively this body of work informs practice and policy.
The success of the Bipartisan Housing Commission will be measured by its ability to: provide authoritative data and analysis to inform debate; create a better understanding of long-term economic, social and demographic trends and their relationship to housing needs; and create recommendations for short- and long-term housing policy reform that will be championed and adopted in whole or in part. A formal evaluation of the Commission will be undertaken after it completes its efforts in 2014.
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The true cost of nuclear power
Our colleagues at Friends of the Earth Japan are writing a blog on life after the earthquake and tsunami. They will be documenting how they, and fellow citizens, are rebuilding their lives and addressing some of the issues that have arisen as the country recovers from its biggest crisis since World War II.
Have you ever thought you will be affected by radiation or nuclear accidents? I, myself, did not. At least before the accident happened in Fukushima.
A few days ago, three workers of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were exposed to high level radiation in the plant. They were not wearing long boots, which meant their feet were soaked by radioactive-contaminated water on the ground. They were sent to the hospital.
Life and safety in Fukushima and the neibouring area will come back only at the sacrifice of these workers. I know nuclear power plants can only work if there are workers who are always facing the risks of radiation.
And there are many people living near the power plant, who were told 'you'll be safe!' by companies and governments. They were reconciled, or accepted that, it would not happen in their 'backyard'. I understood in my head, but might not have felt that from my heart.
The nuclear accidents have changed too many things here in Japan. Sometimes you only know you've lost something once its gone. But, when you lose it, it is often too late.
After facing accidents in Fukushima, I really know what it means for us to have nuclear power plants in my country. Too many people's life can be devastated by only one accident.


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This scrap tree ribbon ornament! Love this!
Rainbow Loom Rubber Band filled Ornament by GiftzandGreetingz, $8.00
Lovely way to wrap Christmas gifts. Use the cheaper brown paper (or a brown paper bag from the store) and just make bands of the pretty expensive wrap around as wide ribbons. Very clean and classy look. #brownpaperpackages
Who would have thought to paint up an old vintage frame - and hang it on a door! Love this idea - next Christmas...
Wishing you a "Sparkling" New Year. Fun, simple friends/neighbors holiday gift or party favor.
Snowman Ornament made out of a battery operated tea light, ribbon, foam/felt , and marker. #Christmas #diy
Printable envelope that can be used for gift cards. #Christmas
Clear ornament + curled music sheets + recipient's name = cute personalized gift for a music teacher. #Christmas #diy
Glittery Cookie Cutter Kids Ornaments. Cookie cutter + glitter = quick handmade Christmas ornament. #diy
Handmade Tree Ornaments Made with Cinnamon Sticks, Pine Garland & Buttons. Could use rosemary. Good for kids with some parental guidance. #Christmas #diy
Cupcake Ornaments featuring Kristin from Homespun With Love {Handmade Ornament…
Cupcake Ornaments. Cute handmade ornament craft to do with the kids. #christmas #diy
For my child's Diet Coke obsessed teacher! #christmas #tree #soda #can
Free Printable Christmas Cards #reindeer #candycane